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T. S. BOWMAN. MODE or CLOSING BOTTLES.

' No. 68,162. Patented Aug. 27, 1867.

' E y- Q? Q unm- Patent No. 68,162, dated August 27!, 1867.

IMPROVED MODE 0 CLOSING BOTTLES.

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TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known thnt I, THOMAS S. BOWMAN, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, in'tho State of Missouri, have invented it new and useful Improvement in Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the nrt to inekc and use the some, referones being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists in so constructing the neck of a bottle, and also it stopple for the some, in such a. manner that when the bottle is once filled and stoppled,'it cannot be opened without breaking some pal-tot it, the object being to furnishe bottle for patent and proprietary medicines and mixtures that cannot be refilled and stoppled the some us the original bottle; but in order to prevent the spilling of the contents when it is desired to openthe bottle, it is made so as tobreak nt certain designated point, as will he herei-nufter described.

Figure 1 represents the bottle as corked sud stoppled.

Figure 2 shorts the bottle when broken.

figure 3 is the stopple.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the neck of the bottle, showing the position of the cork, stopple, and plaster of Puris; the cork hired, the stopple in blue, and the plaster of Paris in dots.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the bottle, B is the stopple, C is the cork, D is the plaster of Paris.

When the bottle is filled, the cork C is'driven in in the position shown in figs. 1, 2, and 4. A small quantity of plaster of Puris, mixed with water to the proper consistency is poured in on the cork C, and the stopple B pressed in place. Theplsster ofiParis D sets in the groove in the neck of the bottle end the groove in the stopple, and holds the latter firmly in its position. The stopple is made large enough at its upper end to 001m over the mouth of the bottle, and prevent the removal of the plaster of Paris. In order then the bottle may be broken without spilling the contents, a. sharp corner is formed in the same, a tthe pointff', fig. 4,0 the outside, and rounding at the some point on the inside, which tends to weaken the bottle at that place. By striking upwards at this weak part, that portion of the neck of 'th bottle containing the stopple B and the plaster of Paris D will break off, as shown in fig. 2, when the cork may be drawn the some as in en ordinary What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The method of stoppling bottles, substantially as described.

The special construction and combination of the bottle-neck and stopp'le B, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

THOMAS S. BOWMAN.

Witnesses:

L. C. Wsm'a, Ronsn'r BELL. 

